Webinar
2020 SEPs and FRAND Year in Review
15 December 2020 | 2:00 p.m. Beijing time
Dr. Martin Fähndrich
PartnerDusseldorf
Email martin.faehndrich@hoganlovells.com
Phone +49 211 13 68 395
LanguagesEnglish, French, German
Practice groupIntellectual Property, Media, and Technology
His combined technical and procedural expertise is impressive.
JUVE handbook, 2015/2016
Martin Fähndrich focuses on patent litigation and has successfully run more than a hundred infringement cases at the courts in Düsseldorf, Mannheim and Munich. He also represents his clients in opposition proceedings at the European Patent Office and in nullity actions at the German patent court (Bundespatentgericht).
Unlike most German litigators, Martin is double qualified as a lawyer and as an engineer, and specializes on cases involving challenging technical subject matter. Martin is also very experienced in representing clients in FRAND cases. He has a significant track record in negotiating and drafting licensing agreements and settlements.
Awards and recognitions
2018-2019
Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation
Legal 500 EMEA
2016, 2018-2019
Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation (Germany)
Chambers Global
2015-2016
Patent Litigation
JUVE
2015
Patent Litigation
Chambers Europe
2015
Patents Infringement
IAM 1000
2015
Patent Law Dispute Resolution
Legal 500 Germany
2015
Patents
Who's Who Legal Germany
2015
Patents
Who's Who Legal
Education and admissions
Education
Law Degree, LMU Munich (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München), 1997
Dr. iur., Technical University of Munich, 1996
Engineering Science, Technical University of Munich, 1992
Memberships
AIPPI
LES
IPO
GRUR
VPP
Representative experience
Representing ZTE at European Court of Justice in Huawei vs. ZTE, a landmark case for whole telecoms industry and patent law community.
Acting for leading OEMs/suppliers, involving technology including crankshaft bearings, gear shift sets, turbochargers, body-reinforcing elements, and ventilation systems.
Representing engineering clients on patent infringement, nullity and opposition cases.
Representing Stryker, Karl Storz, Fresenius Kabi and the French state in various cases.
Litigating patents in connection with multiple mode direct conversion receivers, optical transmission systems, optical amplifiers and wavelength division multiplexing.
Assisting BlackBerry, ZTE and other leading handset and telecoms infrastructure manufacturers in patent infringement, invalidity and opposition proceedings.
Litigating numerous LTE, UMTS and speech coding patents and on other aspects of smartphone technology.
Latest thinking and events
News
Getting The Deal Through: Automotive 2020
10 September 2020
News
German Federal Court of Justice decides first FRAND case post Huawei vs ZTE -"Sisvel vs Haier"
19 May 2020
Events
Sailing the international market and building an innovative ecosystem
19 November 2019
Published Works
Getting The Deal Through Automotive 2019 - Germany
July 2019
Sailing the international market and building an innovative ecosystem
27 June 2019
